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With the calendar flipping to September, fantasy baseball owners are flocking to their waiver wire in search of prospects who could not only help them over the final month of the season, but may have some future value in 2020 as well. Who wouldn’t want to add a talent like Jo Adell or Forrest Whitley to their roster? Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way, as many clubs will leave their top prospects where they are if their affiliates are in the minor league playoffs, which are going on right now. Teams also tend to hold back their more high-profile talent in order to send them to the ultra-competitive Arizona Fall League and play against the rest of the top youngsters. The refusal to promote isn’t a punishment. It is what the club feels is best for their developing talent. But where does that leave the fantasy community? Of the top 40 prospects in baseball, nearly half have already been committed to either staying put or headed to the Arizona Fall League, and that number is...

Dear John: Corporations no longer have to hire an attorney in small claims court. Any officer of the corporation can represent them. I doubt if the officers of large corporations would bother. They would use an attorney, but they do not have to. Love your column. S.A. Dear S.A.: Thanks for the update. I haven’t been to small claims court in awhile but I miss the place. Hopefully I’ll have an excuse to go back soon. I’ll let you know when so you can join me. Credit: Source link The post Corporations have different rules in small claims court appeared first on Fox USA Live . from Fox USA Live https://ift.tt/2A1iBo0

Dear John: While driving on the Belt Parkway in Queens, my rear left fender was struck by a woman who never stopped. My wife, a passenger, called 911 and reported the accident. We gave them the make, model and the license plate number of the car that hit me. We followed the driver for six miles and called 911 again. The operator advised me to stop following her, exit the parkway and wait for the patrol officer she was sending and report the accident. When the officer appeared, he said that even though my fender showed that I had been struck, he couldn’t do anything as we had left the scene of the accident. He said the other driver could deny everything. He reluctantly gave me an accident form to fill out and report to my insurance company. Was I properly advised by the 911 operator and the police officer? Why should I have to go through my insurance company? Joe Dear Joe: Following a driver who doesn’t want to be caught creates a dangerous situation. You might crash. She might ...

Paul’s pick: Maybe Ezekiel Elliott is so rusty he fumbles a couple of times and some alert defender picks the ball off the turf and runs it in for a couple of touchdowns. Maybe Saquon Barkley is so special he cannot be contained and all Eli Manning has to do is make a few plays here and there. As openers go, this is a tough one. Score prediction: Cowboys 31, Giants 17 Marquee matchup: Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence vs. Giants RT Mike Remmers When it was reported the Giants were sticking with Eli Manning this season, Lawrence posted a hands-together emoji on Twitter, signifying he was praying this was true. Lawrence takes delight in trolling Manning. On Manning taking sacks, Lawrence once said, “Sometimes it’s smart football and sometimes I feel like it’s fear. Take it how you want.” In eight games against the Giants, Lawrence has three sacks and eight quarterback hits on Manning. Lawrence, coming off shoulder surgery, has 25 sacks the past two seasons. Remmers was signed for assign...

One of the hardest things to understand about the current economy is that we are in a good, solid place — but not a perfect one. Last week’s jobs report was a touch light on the number of jobs added, but average hourly earnings were up nicely — and, besides, August tends to be a bit of a squirrely month anyway. This economy can best be summed up by a classic childhood fairy tale: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” The growth is exactly the way Goldilocks prefers her porridge: not too hot, not too cold, but “just right.” While the nonfarm payroll growth number of 130,000 was disappointing on Friday, ADP’s private payroll growth came in way over expectations — at 195,000. The labor force participation rate is hovering around multiyear highs, and average hourly earnings came in higher than expected — all against the resilient backdrop of a 3.7% unemployment rate. That equals a solid, stable economy. We are not in a recession. Nor are we in a boom. No longer are we adding 200,000 job...

Drug-maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy protection now that settlement talks over its role in the nation’s opioid crisis have hit a brick wall, two state attorneys general said Saturday. Purdue and owners the Sackler family have offered to settle some 2,000 lawsuits against the company for a reported $10–$12 billion — but discussions on how to dole out the dough have stalled, with the Sacklers rejecting two proposals and refusing to offer any additional solutions, the Tennessee and North Carolina AGs said. “As a result, the negotiations are at an impasse, and we expect Purdue to file for bankruptcy protection imminently,” they wrote in a joint email to their counterparts in at least 17 other states that are also suing Purdue. Now thousands of state and local governments who have sued the drug giant for its role in the crisis that’s touched 400,000 American lives are expected to duke it out in bankruptcy court to get a piece of the company’s coffers. Purdue ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — We will know soon enough if the Giants were fooled by what their top decision-makers saw — or believe they saw — down the stretch of the 2018 season, as that impression set in motion who and what takes the field Sunday afternoon at AT&T Stadium. Eli Manning is still around because the late scoring surge convinced general manager Dave Gettleman and head coach Pat Shurmur, with the offensive line finally stabilized, the old quarterback was still able to get his team in the end zone. The Giants last season averaged 27.4 points in their final eight games, and that includes a shutout loss to the Titans. In the first eight games, the Giants averaged 18.8 points. They went 1-7 before Halloween and 4-4 afterward, though they did lose their final three games. And here we are. Manning returns for a 16th season, for the first time knowing his eventual replacement, Daniel Jones, is on the roster, secured with the No. 6-overall pick in April’s draft. “I think you can buil...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make permanent a bill requiring New York’s big infrastructure projects to use American-made steel and iron, he said Saturday. The “New York Buy American Act,” which first took effect in April 2018 and was due to expire next year, requires the “Made in America” materials on all projects worth more than $1 million. Speaking at the Labor Day Parade in Manhattan, Cuomo said he will seek to make the law permanent in January, calling it the top of his list of budget priorities, Cuomo said. The law would protect American jobs and grow New York jobs, “and it makes sure we have the best quality steel and concrete and iron going into our infrastructure projects.” The state has over $250 billion in infrastructure projects, Cuomo said. “And we want to make sure that these projects last 100 years and to do that you have to know that steel, that concrete, that iron is top quality material and you only know that if that is made right here in the good old USA.” Credit...

A convicted rapist killer who strangled a teen in 1981 and was suspected of cutting out the eyes out of an earlier victim has been arrested on a new rape charge, six years after he got out of jail. Christopher “Crazy Chris” Aniades, 62, is being held on an attempted forcible rape charge after he allegedly attacked the victim, according to the city Department of Correction. He’s being held at the Eric. M Taylor Center in Queens on first degree attempted rape, according to the city Department of Correction website. His arrest on Aug. 2 was based on a warrant issued by the state’s Division of Parole. The NYPD and the state DOC said they couldn’t provide details on Aniades’ latest offense. Aniades, who was released on Aug. 20, 2013 after spending more than 30 years in jail, became a poster boy of the violent 1980s in New York, when homicides routinely reached 2,000 a year. He was sentenced to 25-years to life for abducting, raping and killing 19-year-old Doreen Vitale on Oct. 15 198...

President Trump on Saturday revealed a previously secret plan for a Camp David summit with the Taliban and Afghan leaders — but said he called it off in the wake of Thursday’s suicide attack in Kabul. “The major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday,” he tweeted Saturday evening . “In order to build false leverage, they admitted to an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people. How many more decades are they willing to fight?” On Monday, the administration’s Afghanistan envoy said that 5,000 US troops would pull out of the war-torn country within five months under a deal reached “in principle” with the Taliban — but that the negotiations had not included the Afghan government. An American service member, a Romanian soldier and 10 civilians were killed Thursday in a car-bomb attack near the American embassy in Kabul that injured 42 passersby, Fox News reported. ...

Early Saturday morning, ESPN football guru Adam Schefter tweeted five words filled with schadenfreude. “How’s Pittsburgh feeling this morning?”   Then, Steelers fans couldn’t be happier, for their once-beloved superstar wide receiver, Antonio Brown, had just demanded the Raiders released him following an offseason that included more drama than the stages on Broadway. Now, Pittsburgh fans are likely miserable knowing Brown is off to New England, one of five teams the Steelers refused to send him to in March (the others being the rest of the AFC North, where the Steelers play) when Brown demanded to be traded, which came in response to being benched for skipping practice ahead of the regular-season finale and a fractured relationship with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. One hour after he was eligible to sign with a new team following his divorce from Oakland, Brown signed a one-year deal worth up to $15 million with the Patriots; if it’s any consolation for Pittsburgh, Brown isn...

FRISCO, Texas — DeMarcus Lawrence wants to make himself perfectly clear to Eli Manning, who has become his favorite social media punching bag. It’s nothing personal. Just business. Lawrence, the 27-year-old Cowboys defensive end who has amassed 25 sacks in the past two seasons, had been a thorn in the side of the Giants’ veteran quarterback, and he revels in it. “I’m never out to disrespect [Manning] or his team,’’ Lawrence told The Post on Friday. “That’s not my character. But when you see something funny on Instagram, why not tease him a little bit, get our fans excited for the season? And we’re here now for the game, so there ain’t no more talking.’’ Except there was, because there always is. When Lawrence, who has a self-described sweet tooth, had surgery in April to repair a torn labrum, he received a promotional get-well gift from Snickers and followed that up by throwing some shade at Manning with this tweet: “Anyone know Eli’s address? I wanna send him some of these @SNI...

As the men’s semifinals were staged at a rainy U.S. Open on Friday, the American males long had been washed from the scene. In a disappointing Open performance, none of the U.S. men got to the tournament’s second week and out of the third round. It’s the worst Open showing since 2014. Though the American men’s tennis drought continued, Martin Blackman, the USTA’s director of player development, assessed the fortnight as a mixed bag. Blackman sees an upward “trajectory’’ with more grassroots steps being taken to ensure a healthier men’s future picture. Taylor Fritz (out in the first round), Reilly Opelka (second round) and Frances Tiafoe (second round) entered the Open with career-high rankings. Fritz and Tiafoe are 21 and Opelka turned 22 last week. “Our goal every year is to do as well as we can at all the Grand Slams and the Open is special because it’s our home Slam,’’ Blackman told The Post. “It wasn’t what we were shooting for. The goal is the second week of Slams and ultim...

Adam Gase said he isn’t concerned about the offensive line’s lack of reps together entering the Jets’ regular-season opener. The unit began practicing together only this week, after right guard Brian Winters returned from a shoulder injury. The group didn’t play in any preseason games as a complete unit. “I feel really good. When you’ve got veteran players that know how to do it, it’s not rocket science. They are big guys that try to hurt people,” Gase said Friday. “They are veteran players that know what to do that are really good. We’ll be all right.” Gase said he believes the offensive line is in far better shape now than when training camp began. New general manager Joe Douglas made two additions that improved depth, signing five-time Pro Bowl center Ryan Kalil, which moved Jonotthan Harrison into a backup role, and acquiring backup guard Alex Lewis from the Ravens. “I think one thing that helped us is, it created depth for us,” Gase said. “The additions that have been made sin...

A hiker plummeted more than 500 feet to her death after slipping off a steep trail at Yosemite National Park, authorities said. The woman, 29-year-old Danielle Burnett of Arizona, was scaling the granite cliffs of Half Dome in the California park on Thursday when she slid off the trail and fell, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said. Each year, park rangers install cables along the Half Dome hiking trail to assist park goers who scale the 8,800-foot canyon. Burnett fell from the trail at one of the steepest parts, authorities said. She was declared dead when Park Rangers arrive on scene. Authorities are investigating her death. With Post Wires Credit: Source link The post Yosemite hiker plunges 500 feet to her death climbing Half Dome appeared first on Fox USA Live . from Fox USA Live https://ift.tt/2ZW92Bc

The start of the NFL season brings about a massive sense of excitement. Whether you’re a fan of the game, a fantasy football owner, a DFS player or just someone who likes to jump into your office pool, there is definitely a buzz in the air right now. Sundays might still belong to family, but beginning this week, it is your football family that counts the most. Regardless of where you live, fandom is usually spread around among all 32 NFL teams. Transplants from other cities tend to find each other and huddle up every Sunday as a variety of local bars fly their affiliation flags high, offering shelter to “football outsiders.” In Week 1, if you’re looking for a guaranteed good time, then tap into your local city’s tavern underground and find out which establishment flies the flag of the Ravens. Baltimore opens its season against the Dolphins, and those who own any Ravens in fantasy should already have them in their starting lineups. The Dolphins made a few offseason trades and put eve...